Maternal immune activation impairs reversal learning and increases serum tumor necrosis factor-α in offspring

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Han, Xiao ^a   Li, Nanxin ^a,c   Meng, Qingxuan ^a   Shao, Feng ^a   Wang, Weiwen ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Maternal immune activation; Reversal learning; Schizophrenia; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATERNAL IMMUNE ACTIVATION; MAZE TEST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79955905462     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322455     Document Type: Article

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